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Which is malpractive to limit options to basically Mets Dodgers Yankees... and Padres who just might do about anything like Top 3-4 guys except no Salas. Orioles Tier B/C again? Someone will run the risk calculus. They have money now with Lowenstein. Almost have to trade him now... JR will make situation worse.

Tell me how this goes down if Crochet is on the Dodgers instead...they mismanaged this guy for over 65% of his career before going the Sale route. Just because JR waited for TLR to take over to authorize shelling out for elite closers Kimbrel and Liam. instead of draft picks like Poreda Ring Buddy etc. And that went so well.

Why can't Vaughn and Sheets and Benintendi all threaten not to play lol?

See Sale LaRoche Eaton Ventura. Or KW feuding with all time franchise star because of his massive ego and beef going back to mid 80s playing days. TA knocked out of baseball by Jose Ramirez.

The White Sox are ultimately going to look like jackasses again when his meagre token extension offer is put out there publicly. Everyone else will perceive it as a low ball offer.

Many players have dictated the draft by refusing to play for certain teams. Why be forced to compete for the worst team in baseball history for a totally inept organization going nowhere fast?

No Top Ten pick next year despite worst record in history. Montgomery back injury. Crochet not traded at peak and possibly injured or pitched into an injury and rendered down 65-75% in value. Free agents/fellow players won't like this situation no matter how it plays out. Robert scufflimg or injured and not even going to get a Jose Quintana 2017 return in all likelihood. Down year in 2023 for Cease clips wings on his perceived value.

Can you force him to pitch when each start this season increases the probability of injury by 5-10%? More innings this season than his entire career... not to mention a significant shoulder injury at Univ of Tennessee? Will the Sox and/or MLB get sued for $150 million if he goes down with another TJ surgery??? Will anyone insure him in this situation? Moncada, for example, has collected nearly $20 million this year for not doing basically anything.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40640468/white-sox-pitcher-garrett-crochet-wants-start-get-extension-traded White Sox getting screwed again. Said ages ago it would take an extension to make a trade work under these circumstances.

Bring back Sosa. Baldwin needs to get back to what was working in AA for him.

Forgot about Grossman. Totally.

Thorpe Iriarte Zavala Wilson...

Recently returned Bogaerts and Merrill in CF had highlight plays in this one on defense. HaSeong Kim managed a three run single, barely a 2 hour game but a lengthy delay at beginning of game.

Big rain delay in middle... didn't come out bottom of first was fortunate. First Cease career no hitter. 3.50 ERA. 10th win in 22 starts. 117 pitches 71 strikes and 9 k's.

Might get pulled but will fight to stay in obviously. Zimmerman and Scherzer other no hitters in WSH. Joe Musgrove with other no hitter in team history, Luis Arraez noe on SD broke up Cease attempt two years ago.

109 pitches

Could come down to former Padre CJ Abrams. Suarez up and ready for SVO.

Fyi can move later to ex Sox

Investment in what, exactly?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/mlb-mlbpa-agree-to-redirect-cbt-money-to-teams-losing-tv-revenue.html

NBA, WNBA Media Rights Should Still Be Sold Together: Adam Silver (sportico.com) New $2.2 Billion Media Deal Still Undervalues WNBA, Experts Say (forbes.com) Cheryl Miller rips 'lowball' WNBA media rights deal (awfulannouncing.com) Miller basically asking for a number FOUR times the $2.2-2.6 billion rights deal just recently signed. That would put them in the $8.8-10.4 billion valuation range. NBA package just signed was for $75 billion for the NBA.

WNBA merchandise sales are up 500% this season, the Sports Business Journal reported earlier this week, and its rookie stars are fueling a record pace. Clark (No. 1) and Reese (No. 2) have the league’s top-two selling jerseys this year, part of a 1,000% increase in player-specific merchandise sales, according to Fanatics. The WNBA recently agreed to a record-$2.2 billion television contract that the head of the WNBA players union said might have undervalued the league’s worth at the moment. ESPN will pay the WNBA $200 million annually for the next 11 years, as compared to about $30 million per year during the current deal. https://sports.yahoo.com/rookies-caitlin-clark-angel-reese-175154505.html

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40634341/wnba-secures-monumental-media-deal-disney-amazon-nbcu

Curse of former Padres. Well, on all but Juan Soto this year.

See Caulfield "extend Crochet and Kopech thread" from months ago... would have to put Kopech back in rotation yet again.